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Comment by Russ Smith on June 12, 2015 at 6:07pm

I am seeking information pertaining to Philipp Schmidt who was married to Elisabetha Margaretha Spaeth  Their son Johannes was married and their daughter Anna Elisabetha was baptized at the Evangelisch, Reichenbach, Starkenburg, Hess-darmstadt Germany.  So they were long term residents in this area between at least 1841 thru 1875.

Comment by louise duncalf on April 27, 2015 at 3:22pm

in my research of german name grams i can only go back to a william grams born in october 30 1851 in germany. married wilhelmina albertina radunz. had 2 children born and buried in germany.4 others were born in germany but buried in rock island,ill.had 10 children. otto born in rock island

Comment by Catherine Davis on November 7, 2014 at 3:37pm

For Melissa Doum--many Belgium records are available at familysearch--https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927071.  Also, have you checked passenger records on the Ellis Island website?  http://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/passenger

Comment by Lori Leong on November 7, 2014 at 2:06am

Hi - I am relatively new at genealogy & have never posted on a site before so apologies in advance for any etiquette breaches. My grandfather (Schneider) was born in the former German colony of Windthorst (now Nova Topola,S erbia) which briefly existed between 1879 and 1944. His parents immigrated there from Adenau, Rhineland Prussia (it was very exciting to find the birth records from Adenau on familysearch). I would be interested to know if anyone else has ancestors from Windthorst. I am also trying to trace any descendents of my grandfather's brothers and sisters. He seems to have lost contact with them after he immigrated to Canada in 1929 and they were evacuated from the colony during WWII. Regards, Lori

Comment by Marianne Szabo on September 9, 2014 at 2:35pm

Melissa - is this who you are looking for (Ancestry, but you should be able to see the results, if not the images, even if you're not a member. 

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=ROOT_CATEGORY&ran...

Family Search doesn't have records for Belgium for the years involved.

Comment by Melissa Doum on September 9, 2014 at 2:12pm

I am trying to help my husband research his family line. I know my father in law immigrated to the US from Belgium when he was 8 with his parents but they never really talked about their lives. To start I have Johann Doum (1915-1996) and his wife, Nanna Dunzelman (1917-1988). I know the names of Nanni's parents but that is as far back as I can go on her. As far as Johann, I know he has 15 brothers and sisters and that is all I know. I can probably get some more information from my father in-law but this really is the bulk of what he knows. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Comment by Joy Rehm Benninghoven on August 20, 2014 at 12:38pm

Paul Hart.. Thank you for letting me know you were going to Duesseldorf on holiday.  If you had time to look up my Lutheran records for family, I look forward to hearing from you.  Joy B

Comment by Velma St John on August 19, 2014 at 7:31pm

Thank you so much, Marianne. It's a great lead!

Comment by Marianne Szabo on August 19, 2014 at 12:42pm

Velma - the person filling out the Civil War pension file may not have heard the name of the town correctly, or spelled it incorrectly.  I was able to find Wiedersbach in Sachsen, Preussen (Prussia), Germany on familysearch.org.  They have a microfilm of church records from there that you can request to be sent to a Family History Center near you.

https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeI...

When I search Simon and his wife at FamilySearch.org, 300 possible records come up:

https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%...

Comment by Velma St John on August 19, 2014 at 9:58am

I'm researching my Langguth line. I have the Civil War pension file for Simon Langguth (also known as Longhead/Longguth in Civil War records). According to the file Simon married Caroline Baetz September 1862 in Weidersrothe, Germany. However, I cannot find this location and have no clue as to where in Germany it is located. According to the New York passenger list in 1875 they came from Sachsen and the 1880 U. S. Census record states they came from Saxony. Has anyone heard of Weidersrothe or come across the name in your research?  I tried to Google it but got nowhere. Any suggestions of where I might find some clues?

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